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Lansing re-elected to top post at Bakers Local 114 Rockin’ the house for Doernbecher Unions for Kids got an early start on its 10th annual fundraiser for Doernbecher Children’s Hospital with a performance Dec. 13 by Norman Sylvester and his band at the Original Roadhouse Grill in Gresham (standing above with vocalist Sarah Billings). Sylvester, a member of Musicians Local 99, played pro bono and the restaurant donated 20 percent of the night’s proceeds to the cause. “When Norman found out that our group was all volunteer to benefit the kids at Doernbecher, he wouldn’t accept payment,” said Lee Duncan, a member of IBEW Local 48 and president of the non- profit Unions for Kids. The fundraiser itself is a motorcycle poker run and motorcycle raffle. Last year’s event raised $50,000. Since its inception, Unions for Kids has contributed $271,000 to Doernbecher. This year’s poker run is scheduled for June 9 at IBEW Local 48’s hall in Northeast Portland. Tickets are now on sale for a chance to win a “Big Blue” 2012 Heritage Softail Classic Harley-Davidson. In celebration of the 10th anniversary, the motorcycle will be autographed by Willie G. Davidson, the grandson of Harley-Davidson co-founder William A. Davidson and the company’s senior vice president and chief styling officer. Tickets are $10 each, with only 5,000 sold. Tickets are now available at IBEW and United Workers Federal Credit Union, 9955 SE Washington St., Portland; Teamsters Council #37 Federal Credit Union, 1020 NE 2nd Ave., Suite 160, Portland, and IBEW Local 48, 15937 NE Airport Way, Portland. Terry Lansing has been re-elected to a third term as fi- nancial secretary- treasurer of Port- land-based Bakery, Confectionery, To- bacco and Grain T ERRY Millers (BCTGM) L ANSING Local 114. He ran unopposed. Lansing, 61, is a 35-year member of the local, joining in 1976 after taking a job at Williams Bakery. He served as a trustee and on the Executive Board be- fore being hired as an assistant business agent in 1990 by then-secretary-treas- urer Noel Johnson. Lansing met John- son while trying to organize his nonunion employer Smith Baking in Salem. In 1992 Lansing was elected busi- ness agent following the retirement of Don Schoen. He was elected financial secretary-treasurer in 2005, succeeding Laurel Koch, who retired. Lansing currently is chair of the Ore- gon Bakers Union Trust and a trustee on the Western Conference of the BCTGM. He’s president of the North- west Joint Council of the BCTGM, and he sits on the executive boards of the Northwest Oregon Labor Council and Labor’s Community Service Agency. Also re-elected by acclamation at Local 114 were President Georgene Barragan of Bimbo Bakery/Oroweat; Vice President Darren Hamann of Kroger Clackamas Bakery; Recording Secretary Robert Fenske of Kroger Clackamas Bakery; and Business Agent Shad Clark. Clark was ap- pointed business agent in 2009 to fill the unexpired term of Gene Beaudoin, who retired. Elected as trustees were Andrew Stern of Bimbo Bakery/Oroweat, along with incumbents Mike Connelly of Rosauer’s Supermarket and Mario Al- daco of Franz Bakery Portland. Ten members ran for eight seats on the local’s Executive Board. Top vote getters were incumbents Beaudoin; Alejandro Ahumada of Franz Bakery Portland; Brian DeVall of Kroger Clackamas Bakery; Armando Zavala of Bimbo Bakery/Oroweat; Linda Alton of Albertsons; and Randy Roark of Kroger Clackamas Bakery. New to the board are Lisa Fox of Bimbo Bak- ery/Oroweat and Jeff Singleton of Franz Bakery Springfield. Mail ballots were counted Dec. 13. All officers and board members will be installed at the next union meeting Jan. 24. All terms are for three years. Broadway Floral for the BEST flowers call 503-288-5537 1638 NE Broadway, Portland (International Standard Serial Number 0894-444X) Established in 1900 at Portland, Oregon as a voice of the labor movement. 4275 NE Halsey St., P.O. Box 13150, Portland, Ore. 97213 Telephone: (503) 288-3311 Editor: Michael Gutwig Staff: Don McIntosh, Cheri Rice Published on a semi-monthly basis on the first and third Fridays of each month by the Oregon Labor Press Publishing Co. Inc., a non- profit corporation owned by 20 unions and councils including the Oregon AFL-CIO. Serving more than 120 union organizations in Ore- gon and SW Washington. Subscriptions $13.75 per year for union members. Group rates available to trade union organizations. PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID AT PORTLAND, OREGON. CHANGE OF ADDRESS NOTICE: Three weeks are required for a change of address. When ordering a change, please give your old and new addresses and the name and number of your local union. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS, P.O. BOX 13150, PORTLAND, OR 97213-0150 PAGE 2 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS JANUARY 6, 2012